Simpson Knob
Simpson Knob rises to 849 m in West Virginia. Pike Knob stands 1,308 m to the west-southwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Day Knob, a peak 0.6 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 27 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31520505, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 849 m
How to reach it
- 27.0 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 28.0 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Day Knob: 0.6 mi
- Clifton Knob: 1.3 mi
- High Knob: 1.4 mi
- Cedar Knob: 1.5 mi
- Ore Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Ruddle Park: 3.1 mi
- Franklin Town Park: 4.9 mi
- Shenandoah Wildlife Management Area: 6.3 mi
- Brandywine Recreation Area: 7.4 mi
- Thorn Spring Park: 7.8 mi
- Hall Spring: 8.2 mi
- Sand Spring: 9.8 mi
- Maple Spring: 13.5 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 14.8 mi
- Beaver Creek Spring: 20.8 mi
- Raven Rocks: 6.1 mi
- Eagle Rock: 9.1 mi
- Southern Pillar: 11.0 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 11.1 mi
- Lower Slabs: 11.2 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 8.2 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 22.0 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 23.7 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 14.1 mi
- Small waterfall: 14.2 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 14.9 mi
- Smoke Hole: 11.3 mi
- Stringtown: 23.2 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 11.3 mi
- Sites Homestead: 11.4 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 18.0 mi
- Locust Springs: 21.9 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 23.8 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 24.4 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 13.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Simpson Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pike Knob | WSW 259° | 1,308 m | 9.6 mi |
| Harmon Rocks | W 274° | 1,243 m | 7.9 mi |
| Cow Knob | E 91° | 1,231 m | 9.3 mi |
| Socrates Mountain | SSW 193° | 1,032 m | 6.9 mi |
| Castle Mountain | WSW 248° | 1,032 m | 9.0 mi |
| Peters Mountain | W 259° | 994 m | 7.0 mi |
| Flint Knob | SSW 207° | 959 m | 8.4 mi |
| Propst Knob | SSW 210° | 958 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin 2 NE, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1552898 — Simpson Knob, Pendleton County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356524434
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